REMEDIES 35 



where they develop, so that each fruit-grower, to a large extent, 

 can protect himself without the fear of invasion from neigh- 

 boring orchards. 



If the windfalls are picked up and fed to stock, only give as 

 many at one time as will be eaten up clean. Leaving the apples 

 on the ground in the pasture long enough for the maggots to 

 get out might not help matters much. If no other way of dis- 

 posing of the surplus is found, dig a hole three or four feet 

 deep and dump the apples in it, until within a foot of the top. 

 Then cover with earth a foot deep. In a well-kept orchard the 

 picking up of windfalls, from the middle of July onward, may 

 readily be accomplished ; an active boy or two by going over 

 the ground daily would find it a comparatively simple matter. 

 If preferred, sheep or swine in sufficient numbers to keep the 

 ground clear of fallen apples may be turned loose in the or- 

 chard, either part of the time every day or two, or kept in all 

 the while after July 15, if the orchard contains early varieties, 

 and later if only late varieties are present. 



Spraying does riot prevent the injuries of the Apple Maggot ; 

 the eggs are deposited beneath the skin of the fruit out of the 

 reach of insecticides. The destruction of windfalls, and general 

 clean culture is the best way of keeping the Railroad Worm in 

 check. 



